Marissa and Randall’s wedding was a day to remember. There is nothing we love more than a wedding that is heart felt and filled with so much emotion. Streams of tears, smiles so wide, and endless laughter filled this day beautifully.

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Randall and Marissa had their engagement session in the Art District in Downtown Los Angeles. We started about midnoon and enjoyed the colors other artists had painted on the walls. Engagement sessions are a great time for us to get to know our clients better. We spoke about what they looked forward to most about […]

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Kat and Jan were married at the end of summer at the Retro Ranch in Temecula, California. They were referred to me by one of our favorite second shooters, Ferdinand. Kat and Jan both love to rock climb and paintball- I doubt they do both at the same time, but I may have just created […]

I photographed Rae and Mark last august at Balboa Park in San Diego. I thought that it might’ve been a place that I’ve shot at before and when I got there, boy did I have a surprised look on my face. Balboa Park blew me away. I couldn’t believe how big it was. I’ve tried to make it back a few times, but I haven’t taken the time to go through the entire park.

I had a lot of fun with Rae and Mark during their engagement session. We talked about how they met at an airport (note the plane in one the shots.) We cracked jokes and laughed all the park as we stopped and took photos from spot to spot.

After shooting past the sunset, we finished the night off by grabbing some In-n-Out somewhere along the 5.

Enjoy their engagement session and stay tuned for their Long Beach Wedding!

I completely forgot to blog Dave and Louise’s engagement sesssion! We took this during the summer a while ago. We started the day off with a short hike in the Los Angeles Forest, went for a bike ride, and the hit the beach. Dave and Lo couldn’t get enough of each other.

We enjoyed the fact that they were more adventurous than some couples out there and that they wanted to show everyone what they do on their dates.

It was a particularly hot day that day and the stream at the trail we hiked provided some refreshment. After hitting the trails, we went down for a bike ride around Lo’s house, they zig zagged all over the street and made faces at each other the whole time, I’m not gonna lie- it was pretty cute to watch. We finished the day off with a trip to the beach where we eventually watched the sun go down.

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For their engagement session, I met Erika and Jon in the middle of Los Angeles. They’re a very cool and down to earth couple. They found the most bizzare, yet inspiring location to shoot their engagement session. It’s a library in the middle of LA that doubles as an art gallery as well as a […]

For their engagement session, I met Erika and Jon in the middle of Los Angeles.

They’re a very cool and down to earth couple.

They found the most bizzare, yet inspiring location to shoot their engagement session.

It’s a library in the middle of LA that doubles as an art gallery as well as a yarn store.

During the engagement session, the staff was getting ready for the Art Walk later that night.

As we walked through the halls of the library and the busy streets of Los Angeles we got to know each other a bit better, the greatest thing about my job, as I’ve mentioned before are these conversations

that allow me to get to know my clients and learn what makes them different from the other people I’ve photographed.

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You might’ve checked out Paul and Maggie’s teaser images from a little while back. I met Paul about three years ago, my contract with the military had just finished and I was shooting small events with my wife and a few friends After shooting a few portraits I was able to put some of my […]

I met Paul about three years ago, my contract with the military had just finished and I was shooting small events with my wife and a few friends

After shooting a few portraits I was able to put some of my work into an art show for Christian artists. I met a few new friends at that art show and Paul was one of them. His rendition of “Billionaire,” stuck with me.

I was delighted to hear about Paul’s engagement to Maggie and was very excited to meet with them for the first time to talk about their wedding.

Fast forward to their engagement session…

After finding some woods to walk through, we noticed how much the location reminded us of the Lord of the Rings.

We whistled along and not surprisingly, found that Paul knew more than a few tracks from the LotR soundtrack. (Which I thought was awesome.)

But don’t let Paul’s goofiness fool you, Maggie is just as funny as her fiancee, I just realized that most of the photos I selected for this post has her laughing in them.

I thought it was really sweet how in love these two are. It was so obvious when I watched them interact with each other, I’m just grateful that they decided to share their laughs with me during their engagement session.

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Let’s talk about second shooting. In almost every wedding I photograph, I bring along a second shooter(sometimes a third.) A second shooter isn’t an assistant, they’re there to photograph a wedding alongside the main photographer. An added set of eyes or a second shoulder to help with the stresses of wedding photography, but usually they’re […]

Let’s talk about second shooting. In almost every wedding I photograph, I bring along a second shooter(sometimes a third.) A second shooter isn’t an assistant, they’re there to photograph a wedding alongside the main photographer. An added set of eyes or a second shoulder to help with the stresses of wedding photography, but usually they’re there to provide just the right amount of moral support.

On my weekends free, I’m usually more than happy to help other photographer friends shoot weddings. These weddings give me a chance to sharpen my skills, try new angles, and meet some awesome people.